Cigarette holder



3 .1947- R. E. SADTLER 2,421,087

C IGARETTE HOLDER Filed Jan. 4, 1944 Patented May 27, 1947 CIGARETTE HOLDER Robert E. Sadtler, Ridley Park, Pa.; William B. Sadtler administrator of said Robert E. Sadtler,

deceased Application January 4, 1944, Serial No. 516,904

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to the class of tobacco and pertains particularly to improvements in the various forms of smoking, more especially in the present application to cigarette smoking.

The various forms of smoking, such as cigars, cigarettes, and pipes all involve the disadvantageous features of resmoking, by which is meant a burning of collected, condensed material resulting from the combustion of the tobacco, after the burning of the body of tobacco has maintained for a while.

This condition is brought about as follows:

In pipe smoking, for example, the normally formed products of combustion, such aswater, carbon dioxide, tars, essential oils, etc., are drawn through the charge of unburned tobacco to the bottom of the pipe bowl and then up through the stem to the mouth of the smoker. Such normal products areformed from the burning of the fresh tobacco and produce a pleasant and agreeable smoke. However, in passing through the tobacco charge they become absorbed in part and form a progressively thickening or soggy mass and, as the smoking progresses, are re-burned, producing disagreeable and undesirable decomposition products. Such products become increasingly more disagreeable as the smoking continues until the tobacco mass becomes so moist or sog y that the pipe can no longer be kept lighted.

As will be readily understood two conditions bring about this moist condition. First, the moisture produced by the normal combustion in being drawn through the tobacco is absorbed thereby until the tobacco becomes saturated and, secondly, after saturation obtains, the moisture still being produced by the combustion, condenses in the stem of the pipe and flows back into the pipe bowl, unless some provision is made for its removal, which in the majority of pipes is not the case. Even if provision is made to prevent this back flow, it will not eliminate the formation of moisture by the combustion or its absorption by the tobacco to the point of saturation as it is drawn through the tobacco, with the resultant re-smoking and generation of disagreeable decomposition products.

While reference has been made particularly to pipe smoking and the disagreeable results of drawing the products of combustion through the tobacco charge, it will be readily recognized how the same action will occur in the smoking of cigars and cigarettes, although possibly not to the same extent.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a smoking device by which the above described undesirable re-smoking effect is avoided and the smoker is assured of a fragrant and sweet smoke.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a smoking device which is constructed in a novel manner whereby the products of combustion are removed before they have had a chance to pass through any considerable amount of the unburned tobacco, whereby condensation of the products or an appreciable portion thereof is avoided.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved and novel smoking device which is so constructed that the smoke bearing the products of combustion is immediately drawn away from the unburned tobacco to pass to the mouth of the smoker without losing any part thereof by condensation in the tobacco, whereby the smoker is assured of a sweet smoke by reason of the fact that the tobacco remains in its original condition and the described re-smoking action cannot occur.

The invention as applied to a smoking device in the form of a cigarette holder or smoking tube will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not to be confined to a strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a cigarette smoking tube constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view illustrating the smoking tube opened to receive a cigarette.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral Ill generallydesignates a tubular body designed to receive a cigarette, One end of this tubular body is open as indicated at I 1 while at its other end the body is formed integrally with a bite, or mouthpiece l2 through which is formed the smoke passage l3.

The tubular body is divided longitudinally to form the two semi-cylindrical portions I4 and I5,

3 the portion l4 merging into the bite l2 while the portion 15 is separated therefrom along a plane coincident with the bottom of the bore through the tubular body.

The body portion 15 is hingedly coupled to an edge of the fixed portion [4 by the hinges l6, While there is secured at the opposite longitudinal edge of the movable portion 115 from the hinges IS, the spring latch I! which is designed to engage over a keeper lip l8, formed upon the body portion [4.

The bore or chamber [9 of the tubular body is of a diameter to snugly engage around or receive a ready-made cigarette so that after the same has been placed in the chamber and the two por-' tions fixed together, the cigarette will remain in position in the chamber.

The inner wall of the body 10, or the wall of the chamber i9, has formed therein, throughout the length of the chamber, the helical channel or groove 20 which provides a, smoke passageway around an enclosed cigarette.

It is believed that it will 'be readily apparent that when the cigarette has been placed in the chamber and lighted the major portion of the smoke and vaporized products of combustion will flow oiI" to the sides of the cigarette body into the channel 20, nd move along the channel to the mouthpiece or bite, when suction is applied to the passage 13 of the mouthpiece. Consequently only a'small portion of such products of combustion will pass through the tobacco of the cigarette and be condensed within the cigarette body as commonly occurs in a cigarette when the same is smoked in the customary manner either by placing the end of the cigarette in the mouth or mounting vthe cigarette in the conventional holder. Accordingly the process of re-smoking, previously described, will be completely avoided and the smoker will get a clean, sweet smoke completely to the end of the cigarette.

It is believed that the many advantages of a. smoking device constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily apparent and. although the preferred embodiment is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of the construction may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

A smoking device comprising a tubular body which is open at one end and is laterally imperforate, said body having a bore of diameter and length corresponding to the diameter and length of the commercial cigarette forming a chamber adapted to receive a cigarette with a snug fit, and a mouthpiece at the other end of the body having a smoke passage therethrough communicating with said bore, said body having a, helical groove in the wall of said chamber extending throughout the length of the chamber and communicating with said smoke passage when a cigarette is in said chamber.

ROBERT E. SADTLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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